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Rick Lysik, proprietor of Block Island Ghost Tours, is not a lifelong ghost hunter. He says his brother, David Lysik, who is also a partner in the venture, has always been into paranormal activity, collecting Ouija boards and the like.“But he’s also probably the most skeptical of all of us,” Lysik says, nodding toward the

Kaleigh Bernier traces her love for charcuterie to the theater. In non-pandemic times she is a stage manager on Broadway. She traces her love of Block Island to her father, who has been coming to the island since he was a baby. Bernier has been coming here since she was a baby too, summering at

Harbor Church has begun its ministry to summer student workers once more. After a year off due to the pandemic, services have resumed to make our summer workers feel welcome on our island. Free dinners are being served weekly on Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The first chicken dinner was enjoyed by 20 international

The Double Ender Celebrations Committee is doing things a little bit differently this year for the fireworks and parade, but the group still needs the community’s support! The fireworks display will be on Friday, July 2 at dusk and the Parade will step off at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 5. This year’s theme is

The Block Island Hurricanes middle school softball team took the field on Friday, June 11 in an away game against the squad from Curtis Corner Middle School. After a shaky first inning, the Hurricanes kept it close the rest of the way, playing tough defense behind strong pitching from Kiley and Cora Ryan.In only their

On one of Dr. Eleni Pappas’s first visits to Block Island in 1986, as she launched her South County Podiatry practice fresh from Temple Medical School, she arrived to find dead deer on the doorstep of physician Dr. Peter Brassard, then the resident island physician. “Well, this is going to be a different experience,” she

University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the Spring 2021 Dean’s List. The following local students were named to the list: Fiona Crawford of Block Island.Liv Mott of Block Island.Allison Pineda of Block Island.To be included on the Dean’s List, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades that are

The Island Free Library and Kristin Baumann served as the hosts for the annual meeting of the Block Island NAMI chapter on Tuesday morning, June 8. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

On June 10, the U.S. Attorney’s office, South County Prevention Coalition, Anchor Recovery and Hope Recovery teamed up to offer training on Block Island in the use and administering of naloxone, also known as Narcan. Heidi Driscoll of South County Prevention Coalition said the groups work together all over the state, wherever they are needed, tending